1952 Ford Truck Sculpture Was Constructed From 47,000 Pounds of Granite
This cool 1952 Ford Truck sculpture makes for the perfect complement to its real-life counterpart.
For whatever reason, there have been a few occasions in recent history when we’ve come across Ford truck sculptures made from rocks. This strange phenomenon continues with this rather interesting 1952 Ford truck sculpture, which a couple – Clay and Sara Moore of Odessa, Texas, commissioned as a tribute to their own, real-deal 1952 Ford truck. The idea was to create a permanent homage to that prized possession, which would also serve as a cool decoration at the Moores’ large new garage.
“My husband has collected classic cars for some time and we had been talking about building a special building for the cars to be housed,” Sara explained to KLTV News. “Friends of ours kept sending us videos of stone trucks with waterfalls telling us that we needed to have that in front of our house. And so, long story short, my husband connected with the artist through his website.”
That person was Chris Miller of Chris Miller Studios, an experienced sculptor that has been recreating classic pickups in rock form for some time now. Miller used a whopping 47,000 pounds of granite to create this ’52 Ford sculpture, which is precisely the same dimensions as Moore’s pickup. It’s Miller’s fourth such project, and he only plans on building 10 total, making it rather special as well.
“My clients Clay and Sara win the prize for being the most delightful clients I’ve ever had and all of their neighbors came in, you know, this really attracts a lot of attention, so all the neighbors came in and all the different family members came in and people came to visit it and everything,” Miller said. “Just to see their reaction to it, it’s quite something. It becomes a real landmark. People say there’s this stone truck there and you see people drive by and slow down and they get out and they look. it’s pretty cool.”
“It was an experience for a whole entire family to be involved in this,” Clay added. “We all had our input and it was a challenge to get through because actually, it was probably a year-long project with the building and the cars and the fountain and the landscaping. It was just nearly a year-long project. We’re just very fortunate to be able to enjoy this as a family.”
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